Exercises

Read the text and open the brackets. Use Past Continuous or Past Simple.

AN AMBULANCE

I (drive) along the High Street this morning when I (hear) a siren. An ambulance (come up) behind me. Its lights (flash) and its siren (wail). I (want) to drive my car out of its way, but I couldn’t get through the traffic. All the other drivers just (sit) there, not trying to move out of the way, while the ambulance (get) through. I was really worried that someone (suffer) somewhere, waiting for the ambulance to come and help them. It’s really annoying when people are so selfish.

Bill spent all the previous week travelling while his wife Melissa had to stay at home. Look at the chart and read the sentences below. Then finish the sentences about what Melissa and Bob were doing.

Date	Melissa’s week	Bill’s week
Saturday 11^th June	Shop at a supermarket	Fly to Italy
Sunday 12^th June	Take the children to the swimming pool.	Do a bus tour of Rome
Monday 13^th June (a.m.)	Take the children to school	Take pictures of Colosseum
Monday 13^th June (p.m.)	Collect the children from school.	Visit the Vatican museums
Tuesday 14^th June	Clean the car	Enjoy Italian cuisine
Wednesday 15^th June	Work in the garden	Drive to Sorrento
Thursday 16^th June	Go shopping with friends	Cruise to the isle of Capri
Friday 17^th June	Change library books	Take a gondola trip around Venice
Saturday 18^th June	Visit my mother-in-law in hospital	Do a walking tour of Milan
Sunday 19^th June	Meet Bill at the airport	Fly home to Britain
Monday 20th	Take the children to school, go to the supermarket etc., etc.	Sleep!